A freelance writer, with experience of working for two intergovernmental organizations, GF has: authored a set of illustrated, French sci-fi short stories for use in schools; invented a board game, "Decade", in which players contest ten rounds of the board over 52 squares representing the number of weeks in the calendar year; recorded a series of comedy monologues inspired by the maestro, Bob Newhart; compiled numerous cryptic crosswords under the pseudonym Zed; translated into English, during his school years, Theodor Storm's German novella, "Der Schimmelreiter" ; written and directed, during his teaching years, a number of plays in French based on the TV series "The Man From Uncle"; acted the part of Jerry in Edward Albee's "The Zoo Story"; escorted his daughter to the beachfront altar at her wedding in Mauritius; accompanied his son in a glider flown above the cooling towers of a French nuclear power station with not the best of safety records; touched down on the Arctic circle, and; last but not least, as a nine-year-old, secured the autographs and handshakes of the incomparable Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.

GF received commendation in the Times Literary Supplement for his first novel "Contreras" based on a fictional episode in the 1846-1847 Mexican-American war. He signed on with UK literary agent, who failed to bring the book to market - citing lack of appetite for mid-nineteenth century American history.

Published in 2014, GF's "The Man With A Charmed Life" pays indirect tribute to Alfred Hitchcock's "North by Northwest" masterpiece. The novel's accidental hero, Henry Wright, is pitched against hostile forces similar to those facing Roger Thornhill, the character played by Cary Grant. As well as uniquely featuring NASA's space shuttle and the Kennedy Space Center, this thriller transports readers to California's Disneyland and Knotts Berry Farm, where fun and games are uncharacteristically marred by bloodshed.

Published in 2015, GF's "The Khazar Codex" pays direct tribute to Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia" and Milorad Pavic's "Dictionary of the Khazars". Therefore, enigma apart, this story has little in common with Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code". Intermingling the fabric of time past and present, "The Khazar Codex" weaves artistic, decryption, literary, mathematical, religious and theatrical threads into a variegated, thought-provoking tapestry. In the course of questioning scriptural dogma, the novel raises the issue of peaceful coexistence between Israelis and Palestinians based on mutually acknowledged statehood rights.

GF and his artist wife, Tamara, winter regularly on Florida's Gulf Coast in a condo decorated by, Mike Bryant, a gifted young painter who worked a tad more famously on the first of the "Matrix Trilogy" movies. Their joint interests include: tennis, played according to their own rules, including triangular threesomes on a rotating basis (no, don't get the wrong idea); exploring Florida's nature preserves as well as, farther afield, North America's magnificent national parks, and; feasting off grouper and other mouth-watering Gulf Coast seafood. As for the world of entertainment, their tastes run from Bill Maher, Al Pacino and Jack Nicholson to the movies of Woody Allen.

Published in 2014, GF's "The Man With A Charmed Life" pays indirect tribute to Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece, "North By Northwest". The novel's accidental hero, Henry Wright is pitted against hostile forces not unlike those facing Roger Thornhill, the character in the Hitchcock movie played by Cary Grant. Uniquely featuring NASA's space shuttle, "The Man With A Charmed Life" not only transports readers above the earth but very much down to earth in California. Stalked in Disneyland, Henry Wright narrowly escapes death in Knotts Berry Farm, where fun and games become marred by bloodshed.

Published in 2015, GF's "The Khazar Codex" pays direct tribute to Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia" and to Milorad Pavic's "Dictionary of the Khazars". Therefore, enigma apart, this novel has little in common with Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code". Intermingling the fabric of time past and present, "The Khazar Codex" weaves artistic, decryption, literary, mathematical, religious and theatrical threads into a variegated, thought-provoking tapestry. It is a novel that questions scriptural dogma, raising, among other matters, the thorny issue of peaceful coexistence between Israelis and Palestinians.

“A complex, out-of-the-ordinary thriller loaded with worldly characters.”
– Kirkus Reviews